Shivamogga District
The gateway to the Western Ghats, home to Jog Falls.
Ikkeri Aghoreshwara Temple
Shivamogga
The Shiva temple of Ikkeri, second capital of the Keladi Nayakas, noted for its finely carved black-stone doorway and pillars from the dynasty's architectural high point in the seventeenth century.
Stamp at: Ikkeri Post Office
Jog Falls
Shivamogga
India's tallest untiered waterfall, where the Sharavathi river plunges roughly 253 metres over a Western Ghats escarpment in four named cascades — Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket — long before it reaches the Sharavathi hydroelectric reservoir below.
Stamp at: Jog Falls Post Office
Keladi Rameshwara Temple
Shivamogga
The temple at Keladi, cradle of the Keladi Nayaka dynasty that ruled much of coastal and Malnad Karnataka for two centuries, blending Hoysala- and Vijayanagara-influenced carving in a shrine still active today.
Stamp at: Keladi Post Office
Shivappa Nayaka Palace
Shivamogga
A fortified palace built by Shivappa Nayaka of the Keladi dynasty, the seventeenth-century ruler and land-revenue reformer for whom Shivamogga is popularly said to be named; now home to an archaeological museum.
Stamp at: Shivamogga Post Office